Kinshasa, August 13th, 2026 (CPA). – The national inflation for the first week of August 2026 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stood at 0.185%, down from 0.207% the previous week, according to a document from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) consulted on Thursday by CPA.
“In the first week of August 2026, the national inflation for the week stood at 0.185%, down from 0.207% the previous week, and at 0.190% in Kinshasa, down from 0.195% a week earlier,” it is read in the document, addressed to members of the government’s economic monitoring committee. According to the document, the cumulative inflation has reached 6.034% nationally and 6.049% in Kinshasa, whilst the annualised inflation stands at 10.191% nationally and 10.216% in Kinshasa.
The same document has also specified that, in year-on-year terms, the inflation has reached 3.222% nationally and 2.928% in Kinshasa. The same source has reported that the week’s price rise was driven in particular by increases in the categories of vegetables, cereals, oils and fats, fish, meat, transport services, school supplies, clothing and footwear, household cleaning products, catering services, and personal care products.
Contribution of household consumption categories
Furthermore, the analysis of the contribution of household consumption categories to the index’s structure reveals that the ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ category remains the main driver of national inflation, with a dominant contribution of 70.854%. This is followed by the ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ category, which accounts for 10.453%, ahead of ‘Transport’ at 5.314%, ‘Clothing and footwear’ at 4.383%, and ‘Leisure and culture’ at 3.358%.
Other categories have also contributed to this weekly inflation. These include ‘Furniture, household goods and routine household maintenance’ at 1.568%, ‘Miscellaneous goods and services’ at 1.534%, ‘Health’ at 1.078%, ‘Alcoholic drinks and tobacco’ at 0.735% and ‘Restaurants and hotels’ at 0.722%.